Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Oil on canvas, 303 x 297 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1785 Joshua Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, was commissioned by Catherine II of Russia to paint…
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Catherine the Great
(1729–1796) born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1762–1796) Works commissioned by her: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) The Infant Hercules c.1785–1789 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…
The Infant Hercules (c.1785-1789)
Joshua Reynolds
(1723–1792) Sir Joshua Reynolds, RA, FRS, FRSA The artist’s works: A Caricature Group c.1751 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Tate Britain, London Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Museo del Prado, Madrid David…